Credit: Geoff Sheil

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. To honor this occasion the UMD Symphony Orchestra will perform a world premiere of Maria Newman's Our Rights, and Nothing Less written in honor of Susan B. Anthony's 200th birthday and featuring Voice Professor Carmen Balthrop in the role of speaker. The program will also feature works by close friends and composers Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Schumann's Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra will feature Miko Kominami as piano soloist and the concert will conclude with Brahms' Symphony No. 4—his last symphony.Come an hour early and attend the pre-concert discussion.

Please note that this performance will no longer feature Phenomenal Women by Valerie Coleman.